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Lap organs

Scope note

Portable American reed organs in the form of a deep rectangular box held across the player's lap, with a keyboard of ivory buttons on the upper surface and a double bellows worked by one hand.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042823

Broader Terms used

reed organs

Equivalent Terms used

lap organ

Created

13yrs ago

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